Elaine Mitchener is a British Afro-Caribbean vocalist, movement artist and composer working between contemporary and experimental new music, free improvisation, avant garde music theatre and visual art. She is currently a Wigmore Hall Associate Artist; was a DAAD Artist-in-Berlin Fellow (2022); and was an exhibiting artist in the British Art Show 9 (2021–22). In February 2022 Mitchener was awarded an MBE for Services to Music. While developing her own projects, she continues to work as a collaborative musician with a wide range of other experimental musicians including Moor Mother, Pat Thomas, Neil Charles, Jason Yarde, Apartment House and more.